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Senior Commercial Manager | Murcia, Spain | Fruit

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Procurement & Sales Manager, Potato Division - Lobinstown, Co. Meath, Ireland

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Nicolas Mazard with Koppert Cress USA dba Flavour Fields®

“I believe good things will come out of this”

How will life look like after COVID-19? “I believe this year will make it into the history books and we will talk about life pre-corona versus post-corona,” says Nicolas…

Pablo Mercado of Citrus Plus discusses labor challenges for CA citrus:

“There’s plenty of product, but we can’t get it harvested fast enough”

California citrus growers are currently still packing Navel oranges and Valencias. Pablo Mercado of Citrus Plus says: “We’ll pack the Navels until May or June, and then we’ll…

Smaller California cherry crop kicks off

The California cherry season has begun with a slightly lighter crop over last year’s crop. “Last year was such a heavy crop so a lot of these trees came off of their biggest…

Ecuador banana harvest continues despite logistical challenges

“Contracted banana market is stable, but spot market prices are down”

Despite the many issues and challenges that have been brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ecuador banana harvest is continuing fairly normally, with minimal disruptions,…

Webinar this Thursday, April 30th

How to profitably increase local fresh fruit and vegetable production in warm and hot climates?

Cravo’s retractable roof technology allows fruit and vegetable growers in warm and hot climates to produce high quality product, especially during times of the year when it is…

US: Week ending April 19th saw -0.4% fruit sales compared with same week last year

Fresh produce growth for the week of April 19 versus the comparable week in 2019 did increase, but much less so then seen in prior weeks, at +3.3%. Fresh produce increased 3.3%…

Intergrow Greenhouses

Intergrow Greenhouses welcomes new marketing manager

Intergrow Greenhouses welcomes James Williams to the team as Manger of Marketing and Product Development. Williams is coming from Sam’s Club in Bentonville, AR where he was…

HarvestSelect produce boxes now to be shipped to retail partners

Tanimura & Antle will begin shipping HarvestSelect boxes with an assortment of field-packed fresh produce to retail partners as part of grocery pickup and delivery programs. Each HarvestSelect…

Mike O'Brien retires from the position

Brian Jenny joins Monterey Mushrooms as new VP of Sales and Marketing

After a long career in the produce business Mike O’Brien, vice president of sales and marketing at Monterey Mushrooms, is retiring to spend more time with his…

Today's important COVID-19 news in the fresh produce sector

Corona-update: King Philippe visits Port of Antwerp - port has remained 100% operational

More news coming in with regard to the global effects of the Corona-virus on horticulture, trade and logistics everywhere. In New York, organic farmers have turned from…

Special South Africa

Cape Crops will continue specialising on fruit trade with the Middle East

New division Riyp at Cape Crops to focus on UK veg exports

This year their vegetable exports will probably exceed their fruit exports, and for this reason the company has decided to restructure and split its focus in two: newly…

Global Focus Packing/Machinery/Fresh-Cut

Fabio Zoboli from Infia Group

Packaging demands have stabilized

It's a complex period for the packaging sector, especially for an international company such as Infia. The current situation upset the balance achieved and the frost that hit…

Retail

Giant Food: Free, weekly online nutrition and healthy living classes

Costco is planning to open its first store in Arkansas

Court of Appeal sides with Loblaw in $368mln tax evasion case involving Barbados bankLoblaw Companies Ltd. is off the hook for $368mln in taxes, after the Federal Court of…

Sasa Boskovic

California Grape Acreage Report, 2019 Summary

'Flame Seedless was California's leading table grape variety in 2019'

The California Department of Food and Agriculture partners with the Pacific Regional Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to…

USDA imposes sanctions on six produce businesses for PACA violations

As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the…

Orange harvest:

Increases for US and South Africa, decreases for Argentina and Turkey, demand rises

US oranges and South African mandarins have seen harvest increases compared to the previous season of 1% and 8% respectively. Argentinian and Turkish oranges, on the other…

Fabrizio Troiani

Home meal preparation boosted retail demand

Fresh US potatoes for retail market see surge in demand

According to Potatoes USA, the Denver-based marketing arm for 2,000 US commercial potato growers, in March, sales of US potatoes increased more than sales of…

California almond acreage increased in 2019

For the first time, the Almond Board of California is concurrently releasing two California almond industry acreage reports: USDA's National Agricultural…

Natalia Zakharova

Multiple factors impacting US peach crops

Recent cooler nights have not been cold enough to damage peach blossoms, but a variety of other things are having a negative effect on this year’s peach crop.…

"Chilean plum exports to China fell by 50%"

China is a very important export market for Chilean plums. Every year a large volume of sugar plums is exported to the Chinese market and is received quite well. However, this…

Consequences of Argentina's exit from the Mercosur negotiations

"We would condemn ourselves to compete against very marked tax asymmetries"

Argentina's Government decision to stop participating in the negotiations of the Mercosur trade agreements, with the exception of the pact already made with the European Union…

Argentina starts its citrus export campaign to Russia

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries of Argentina reported that a shipment of fresh lemons, mandarins, and grapefruits had departed from…

Olindana

Costa Rican banana industry defends COVID-19 prevention measures

Banana Link is an organisation that works for fair and equitable production and trade in bananas and pineapples based on environmental, social and economic sustainability. In…

David Tonelson

Avocados are hot in the Age of COVID-19

At this point in time, consumers all over the world want to consume their way to more powerful immune systems. They are eating healthier than they have in a…

Jan Sommer

Peru gets green light for export of Hass avocados to South Korea

Via the National Agrarian Health Service, Peru’s Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) has received a green light from the South Korean Animal and…

Redpack Maschinen is weathering the crisis

"As long as people go shopping wearing gloves and masks, the perception of hygiene will remain influential"

It is safe to say that so far, machine manufacturer Redpack Maschinen has LLC experienced the Corona-crisis in waves, due to its international scope. We spoke with Markus…

Effects of crashed oil price won't be seen for a few months

As Africa shuts its borders Alto Vida continues to supply its customers

Despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, the Alto Vida Group continues to supply its clients in South Africa, Angola and West Africa with quality fresh…

Loquat campaign ruined by pandemic, but avocados ends better than ever

The Spanish Hass avocado campaign is about to end. At the moment, Peru and South Africa dominate the European market, where the supply is relatively low and the demand and…

Dacey Balle - Balle Bros

"To maintain consistent supply it's more important than ever that we plan with our customers in advance.”

"Balle Bros Group is a family farming business with a long history as a supplier of fresh New Zealand onions. The Group is vertically integrated with its own farms, packhouse,…

Challenges in harvest and logistics, but season going well

Demand for Turkish strawberries high in Russia

Exporting strawberries from Turkey has its fair share of challenges at the moment, as it’s difficult to harvest and transport the produce. One Turkish exporter is managing and…

Enea works on the future of vegetable production

A team of Italian scientists designed GREENCUBE, the first micro-plot to grow vegetables during future space missions. It will be launched into orbit 6,000 km from Earth…

After the blossom, Red Moon® is optimistic about the next season

With an advance of about a week compared to 2019, between 17th and 21st April the plants of Red Moon® have been in fully bloom, a real sight for the eyes. The buds of the…

'Take care of each other, we'll take care of your fruit & veg'

"It's clear for everyone, the coronavirus has an impact on our daily life, in the Netherlands and around the world. We're dealing with extreme measures that hit everyone, both…

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Indian mango varieties by states

Simon Kuestenmacher is a geographer and demographer, who loves to share maps and data on all kinds of topics. On twitter, he shared this chart on Indian mango varieties by…

World Bank Report on Central Asia's horticulture sector

'Capitalizing on new export opportunities in Chinese and Russian markets'

In China, changing demographics, rising incomes and shifting consumer preferences have resulted in an ever-growing demand for food that is more varied, healthier and of higher…

Ashfaq Ali

India’s grape exports dip 25% in current season

The grape export from Maharashtra to Europe in 2019-20 (Dec-April) has dropped by 25% as compared to that of last year, the reason being the outbreak of…

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